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just saw the news ....why do some of the rugby lads let their ears get disfigured ? makes no sense to me ? whats is the actual point of it ? is it a kind of tattoo for later life ? i.e i'm a hard .............?you tell me.

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The Rugby blokes from Aust and NZ they start playing rugby just after kindergarten,its a way of life.If one of their heroes wore headgear, that would be more of a reason to wear one then for personal looks.Now the game is full-on professional,their health is monitored,but to show concern over a cauliflower ear is neither here nor there.
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They get bitten in the scrum.

They don't f..k about you know.

proper hard mans sport.

And your other points.

Yes and yes.
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Like the one guy said,its called cauliflower ear and its only coomon with the 2 locks and eighth man because the pressure from pushing their heads between two guys thats bind together is rubbing their ears in a way that forms this cauliflower ears...Scrumcaps always help for this problem.
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I think it's hard to avoid getting your ears squashed and battered playing rugby! They could wear head guards, but that wouldn't be 'manly'.
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its called a cauliflower ear. If you are a forward it is caused by rubbing of your ears when you are in the scrum .The alternative is wearing a scrum cap. But lets face it anybody wearing a scrum cap looks pretty stupid.
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It's a sign of strength, it's hard not to get your ears damaged in rugby during a scrum, there are head protectors, but these do not cover the ears. Anyway which man doesn't like to show off his war wounds.
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Some players "tape" their ears to avoid the cauliflower ear, a burst blood vessel in the ear!

It cannot be avoided at times it comes with the territory!

It is some kinda of tattoo, some do have them for life, others -my brother for example- cure and go!they do not go out and get one on purpose, as for being "I'm hard", these are rugby players not FOOTBALL supporters!
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